More from the candidates forum: Gas drilling

If you live in council District 3, pay attention to this race. These candidates — incumbent David Neumann and his opponent Scott Griggs — couldn’t be more at odds.

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Take their opinions on gas drilling.

Griggs wants a moratorium on gas drilling. The city sold a mineral lease to XTO Energy for the natural gas trapped under Hensley Field, which is in District 3. The council was set to decide last month whether to give XTO a permit to drill there. But Neumann asked council to delay the vote until October so that he could assign a “task force” to investigate whether gas drilling would be a good idea for the health and safety of the district’s residents.